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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
7
A sewing note encourages decorating linens with colored motifs matching or contrasting fabrics. Pattern 6300 offers 16 transfer motifs from 2% by 2% inches to 2% by 8 inches, with materials and color schemes listed. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. New York for pattern 6300 with name and address.
Virginia Vale reports Marlene Dietrich's return to favor after Destry Rides Again. Paramount rehired her for Cecil B. DeMille's North West Mounted Police with a role once aimed at Dorothy Lamour. Destry, a strong western, features James Stewart, Dietrich, and director George Marshall. The piece also covers a New York Stock Exchange on-air feature, Allan Jones' Paramount renewal, Mary Martin, Greta Garbo, Jane Withers, and TV and radio notes including the Ford Sunday Evening Hour audience reach.
In a column by George T. Eager, the value of emotional advertising is argued against pure logic. He cites radio makers who ran farm papers ads. one focused on tech specs, the other linked product quality to keeping children at home through entertainment. The emotional approach sharply boosted sales.
The piece argues that American living standards rise through new ideas sold via advertising. It notes public acceptance grows after early pioneers promote changes, citing crackers in boxes as a turning point. It also warns ads fail when ideas lack public interest or require longer exposure, using an insurance policy example to show eventual rediscovery after initial neglect.
Dr McCulloch explains disinfection relies on solutions not fumes. For years bacteriologists believed fumigation with formaldehyde vapors or burning sulphur could kill bacteria. He notes bac teria do not breathe but absorb materials only in solutions.
The 1876 pinafore apron pattern offers a practical garment for sewing circles with a full top and skirt, two patch pockets, and easy construction. Sizes 32 through 44 require specific yardage and bias binding. pattern price is 15 cents, order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
Six questions cover vocabulary language economics and time travel to law and travel. Identify cov entry meaning national language of Brazil distinguish favor from flavor explain favorable balance of trade assign roles to a procurator peregrinator and promulgator and classify a silverfish whether a silverfish is finned.
The set covers excluding from a society, Brazil’s national language, nuance between flavor and savor, trade balance, common professions, and a household pest term. It notes Portuguese as Brazil’s language, distinct senses for flavor and savor, and identifies a silver fish as a household insect.
The British navy devoted eight years to salvaging 24.8 million dollars in gold from the Laurentic wreck after it struck a mine and sank in 1911 off the north Irish coast. The tale stands among Strange Facts and notes the era of discoveries during that period.
A compact appliance of house tips covers reading canned labels noting slices and contents, selecting lemons by texture and weight, protecting houseplants from drafts, styling a centerpiece using a wooden salad bowl and greenery, cleaning curtains to reduce dust, washing dirt easily, and noting how grapefruit decay and kitchen ventilation affect health and cooking.
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